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07-12-2007, 12:20 PM
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#301 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | In flames I trust | 
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07-13-2007, 10:04 PM
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#302 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | what the???????
was that aimed at me. 
Either way they are banned which is the main thing!
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08-06-2007, 04:50 PM
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#303 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | The RAF weren't aiming to shoot down fighters, they were after the bombers. 109's on the other hand only had to worry about facing fighters, so that's why you get the discrepancy | |
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08-06-2007, 05:07 PM
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#304 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | I think the spit had a higher ratio of kills than the hurricane and better survivability stats. I like the Hurricane. Wide track landing gear, sloped nose (so you can actually see what's ahead of you) and famously docile handling.
But I voted for the Spit. I'd rather fly a crap airplane that gives me a good or better chance of survival than a docile airplane I like with a lesser chance of coming home. And the Spit wasn't crap by any standards. | |
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08-07-2007, 05:28 PM
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#305 | | Banned
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Country:  | I believe, the Bf 109 was the best fighter.
And the German fighter pilots were the better pilots.
But they did not use the fighter on the right way and the Bf 109 was not the right fighter to protect the bombers (to short range, they had to cover the bombers etc.). | |
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08-26-2007, 03:43 PM
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#306 | | Senior Member
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Country: | To me, it is hard to choose the best BOB AC but if you go by results the Hurricane shot down more German bombers. The BOB was about LW bombing targets in England and the RAF trying to stop them. Of course there were a lot more Hurricanes than Spits so it was natural that the RAF tried to concentrate the Hurricane, lacking in performance, against the bombers while the Spits took on the escort fighters. The Hurricane lacked the performance to have an even chance against the 109. The Spit and 109 were pretty equal where usually Lady Luck or pilot skill determined the winner. Overall I believe the LW pilots were more experienced. The RAF was putting up very low time pilots in some cases and they had to be lucky to survive long enough to become proficient. Overall if you choose the best ac it is a draw between the Spit and 109, which actually were very similar. | |
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08-26-2007, 04:32 PM
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#307 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | Well as usual in the war someone in the lead had to take a certain decision and stop the bombing of RAF airfields and radars...Hitler was the best leader and general the Allies had... 
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08-30-2007, 02:21 AM
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#308 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | I've never actually understood why there's so much question about the best fighter to take part in the Battle of Britain... when it's so dead obvious.
It's the Bf 109 F.  | 
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08-30-2007, 02:47 AM
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#309 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by Kurfürst  I've never actually understood why there's so much question about the best fighter to take part in the Battle of Britain... when it's so dead obvious.
It's the Bf 109 F. | 
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08-30-2007, 06:10 PM
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#310 | | Senior Member
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Country: | The Spitfire is, truly, a "great" plane, as is the Hurricane; but I love German engineering (I even have a Porsche!), so it's hard for me to not vote for the -109 (which I did). | |
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09-10-2007, 04:48 PM
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#311 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto
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Country:  | Battle of Britain....Hurricane has my vote...although I knew Spitfire would come out on top. | |
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09-10-2007, 10:56 PM
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#312 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | It allways does. I agree with you though on the Hurricane.
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10-17-2007, 09:25 PM
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#313 | | Member
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Country: | So, when the Spit wins a poll like this do you guys think people are voting with thier hearts and not minds?
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10-17-2007, 10:22 PM
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Country:  | Even though it has to be the Spitfire... I voted (out of sympathy) for the He 111, by far the best bomber of the BoB: the Ju 88 had more losses than the He 111 even though there were twice as many He 111s. Even the Do 17 did better than the Ju 88.
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10-17-2007, 10:27 PM
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#315 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Country: | I'm still with the Hurricane.......
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